"Who Am I" poem

Who Am I?

Picture this: I’m laid up on the couch, just got home from school

1000 channels but nothing is on, so I just watch the news

So many wars, so much crime

So many days, so little time

So many options but no choice

So many opinions but no voice

So I finished my homework and then later

I picked up a pen and a piece of paper

I wrote what I felt about what’s going on

How it used to be right but now it’s all gone wrong

I gave it to my teacher once I was finished

She read and said who am I to have an opinion

Who am I?

I’m the alpha, the omega, the beginning and the end

I am a sister, a daughter, a foe and a friend

I am the first and the last; I am what was and what will be

I’m that kid that has a dream but ain’t nobody gonna kill me

I’m that pain you feel every time you fall

But then strength you need to stand up tall

I’m the perseverance you need to get pass the boulders

Then I’m the cockiness in your heart when you brush the dirt off your shoulders

I am the sorrow you feel whenever you lie and –

I am the hope for the future. I am the “I Am”

I am all you could need, I’m all that you got

You ask who am I but the question is

Who am I not?

C. C. McFarlan

I really can relate to this poem because at the adolescent stage in a one’s life, they begin to ask the “Who Am I” question. At 18 years old, instead of searching for myself, I am developing an answer to this seemingly simple question. I try to have an answer when this question is asked. Although I am still young and developing, I want to have an idea of who I will be when I am established in life. I do not call myself the alpha and omega as the author does but I do claim to be “The One” when I’m an adult. When I use the term “The One” I mean several things such as: the one to make my family proud, the one to support myself along with others, the one to make a difference in this world.